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Pit bull in Allentown found beaten by hatchet

From afar, a young pit bull looks like any other playful pup, but up close, it more resembles the dog of Frankenstein.

“I suspect somebody took something like a hatchet, potentially to knock her out,” said veterinarian Elena Sawickij of the Allentown Animal Clinic.

Whatever it was cracked her skull, and that’s just the latest trauma the dog, dubbed Sally, has endured in her short life. Picked up by police in downtown Allentown on Monday and taken to the Lehigh County Humane Society, Sally is severely underweight and has scratches all over her face and body.